Proceedings of trans-border symposium published
The twelfth Iberian Symposium on Marine Benthic Studies was held in Gibraltar and La Linea in October 2002.
This was the first event of this nature to be organised on a trans-border basis.
The event drew scientists from a wide range of countries with presentations covering a variety of fields within marine biology and ecology. A selection of the most outstanding scientific papers presented has now been published in the form of an edited conference volume.
Dr Darren Fa of the Gibraltar Museum features as one of the volume’s editors. In addition to Dr Fa, local biologists contributing to the volume include Dr Terence Ocaña, Mr Alex Menez and Dr Clive Finlayson.
The high-level symposium and the subsequent publication of its proceedings was organised under the auspices of the Transborder Institute, the event’s presidents being Dr Clive Finlayson, Director of the Transborder Institute (Gibraltar) and Dr José Carlos GarcÃa Gómez of the University of Seville.
Commenting, Dr Bernard Linares, Minister with responsibility for trans-border affairs, expressed satisfaction at this latest development which shows how the Transborder Institute continues to foster co-operation, partnership and academic excellence between Gibraltar and the hinterland.
From The Gibraltar Chronicle - The Independent Daily First Published 1801
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